Re: AW: [PHP] Hello

Excuse me for top-posting but my email client is stupid.

Memory stacks are definitely stacks and that is a very appropriate use 
of the term.

> Alan Feuerbacher <mailto:[email protected]>
> Monday, August 28, 2017 1:01 PM
> On 8/28/2017 12:34 PM, Sam Hobbs wrote:
>>
>>> What is a Stack? 
>>
>> I have been programming since 1971
>
> So you're an old guy like me.
>
>> and I have seen the term "stack" but never taken the time to look it 
>> up. I assume it is another of many words that are used just to be 
>> different and that other terms (such as library or API) would also work.
>
> Having read some of the later replies, now I get it.
>
> Until now, "stack" in computer context to me meant "memory stack".
>
> Alan
>
> Sam Hobbs <mailto:[email protected]>
> Monday, August 28, 2017 11:34 AM
>
>
>
>
> I have been programming since 1971 and I have seen the term "stack" 
> but never taken the time to look it up. I assume it is another of many 
> words that are used just to be different and that other terms (such as 
> library or API) would also work.
>
> Alan Feuerbacher <mailto:[email protected]>
> Monday, August 28, 2017 11:15 AM
> On 8/28/2017 11:49 AM, Tobias Fichtner wrote:
>
> Hi Tobias,
>
>> PHP is maintained in different versions (5.6, 7, 7.1.)
>>
>> Mainpage for information is under https://php.net/
>
> Yes, I've looked at that a lot.
>
>> There are many Stacks for Web development for different Platforms, my 
>> personal favourite for windows is wpn-xm (https://wpn-xm.org) with a 
>> mass (if u need) extensions.
>
> What is a Stack?
>
> I'm not going to be doing Web development (at least, not for the 
> foreseeable future), and I'm getting away from Windows into Linux.
>
>> You can use PHP as CLI Version too, a GTK (outdated) version is also 
>> available.
>
> I've been using PHP exclusively in the CLI version, as a language much 
> like C but with a lot of special features like XMLReader. It's also 
> higher-level than C, which makes many tasks easier.
>
> Alan
>
> Tobias Fichtner <mailto:[email protected]>
> Monday, August 28, 2017 10:49 AM
> Hi Alan,
>
> PHP is maintained in different versions (5.6, 7, 7.1.)
>
> Mainpage for information is under https://php.net/
>
> There are many Stacks for Web development for different Platforms, my 
> personal favourite for windows is wpn-xm (https://wpn-xm.org) with a 
> mass (if u need) extensions.
>
> You can use PHP as CLI Version too, a GTK (outdated) version is also 
> available.
>
>
> Regards,
> Tobias
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Alan Feuerbacher [mailto:[email protected]]
> Gesendet: 28 August 2017 19:40
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: [PHP] Hello
>
> Just champing at the bit, eh? :-)
>
> Well here's one: Is PHP actively maintained, or going into obsolescence?
>
> Alan
>
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> Alan Feuerbacher <mailto:[email protected]>
> Monday, August 28, 2017 10:40 AM
>
>
> Just champing at the bit, eh? :-)
>
> Well here's one: Is PHP actively maintained, or going into obsolescence?
>
> Alan
>